But when the Counselor comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth ... (John 15:26)

Many of the pentecostal and charismatic churches place entirely too much emphasis on the Holy Spirit. In fact, the Holy Spirit seems the only part of the triune God some of these churches pay attention to. In their worship, their preaching and their faith, they nearly abandon God the Father and Christ the Son in favor of the Spirit, to the point where Christian faith is reduced to a mere matter of what makes you feel good by the "Spirit." Without the doctrine and discipline of God the Father and Christ the Son, many of the so-called "spirit-filled" churches end up with a very sloppy theology which is self-serving and unbiblical to its core.

On the liberal hand, many other chu…